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No Time To Die (James Bond #25)


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18 hours ago, Richard said:

Bond is a "sexist, misogynist dinosaur", and long may he continue as one.

 

Bond is a character written in a different era, in a different generation. The world has changed since then.

 

Bond today is more tolerated than encouraged.

 

Bond could not have been created from scratch today. He is able to exist because he has the excuse of being from another era. Otherwise he could not be created today.

 

He's a very tricky character to make a film out of. Bless them for trying even.

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The appeal of Bond is that he rides that line between good guy and bad guy. He's an antihero. Straight-laced heroes are too boring anyway. It's more attractive to be a womanizing hard-drinking assassin/spy. He's so fucken cool.

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At the time, there were those who took Dr No in the spirit it was intended (quality hokum) but there were plenty that didn't. Generally speaking,'heroes' back then didn't have casual sex or kill in cold blood.   

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1 hour ago, Stefancos said:

Bond hasnt had great poster art for a long time.

Not since Bob Peak's masterly artwork for TSWLM.

 

 

1 hour ago, Stefancos said:

Does Craig slightly resemble John Malkovich in this picture?

Yes, he does. Circa SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE.

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11 hours ago, rough cut said:

Watching a new Bond movie feels even more like a punishment than watching a new SW movie.

Definitely feels like we're going through the same rigmarole, perching these films on a precariously high pedestal for absolutely no reason. I finally got around to seeing Spectre and found it to be a skeleton of a film, a paper thin plot with a few good action scenes. Yet, because it's James Bond it has an image of austerity attached to it since Casino Royale that can't be washed away. 

 

I've never seen these movies as chores to watch, but it feels like we should be more wary of these films when they're riding on the name, nostalgia and gimmickry that is wearing thin.

 

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I thought Spectra was weak, but in my opinion, this series has been consistently delivering entertaining flicks, even the incredibly over-bashed underrated Quantum of Solace. Even if you don't care for that one, Casino Royale and Skyfall are ranked among the top 007 flicks.

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I liked Quantum of Solace, and it's crazy to think now how maligned it is considering when it came out it was praised by Bond fans and general moviegoers, and at least several people who weren't Bond-heads.

42 minutes ago, Gruesome Son of a Bitch said:

I thought Spectra was weak, but in my opinion, this series has been consistently delivering entertaining flicks, even the incredibly over-bashed underrated Quantum of Solace. Even if you don't care for that one, Casino Royale and Skyfall are ranked among the top 007 flicks.

Casino Royale and Skyfall are my favourites, even if I hate the Adele song.

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There was some guy who argued that QOS has the most accurate Bond to the Fleming novels. However, this argument is a staple of 007 internet comments and literally every version is praised by someone for being the truest to Fleming's novels..

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27 minutes ago, Sweeping Strings said:

That teaser poster isn't up to much, but Craig's generally haven't been that great anyway.  

 

19 hours ago, Richard said:

....Bob Peak's masterly artwork for TSWLM.

The case for the defence rests, m'lud :)

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I liked Casino Royale and Skyfall, both of them having good villains and good plots (even if Skyfall's falls apart very quickly).

 

Spectre was ok, but its attempt to tie together the Craig era didn't work for me, and Waltz didn't get much to do.

 

QoS is one of the worst films I've ever seen. Having seen the entire film once and watched the first half hour or so several further times, I still can't tell you what the plot is. The fact that it was made during the writers' strike is obvious and a huge mistake by the producers.

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6 minutes ago, Richard Penna said:

QoS is one of the worst films I've ever seen. Having seen the entire film once and watched the first half hour or so several further times, I still can't tell you what the plot is. The fact that it was made during the writers' strike is obvious and a huge mistake by the producers.

 

I remember it was such a big no-no for calling QoS out for what it was. Because it was the latest and greatest, and people wanted to love it so badly. Now finally almost everyone has caught up on how bad this stinker is.

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On the subject of QOS: it seems to have an "unfinished" (not to mentioned "rushed") quality. I know that the production was fraught, due to strike action, but were there any scenes written, but not filmed?

100 minutes (not including credits) is a laughable amount of time, for a Bond film.

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I saw QOS in the cinema back in the day. I was excited.

 

But what a mess. Terrible movie. Disjointed. Bad script. Poorly executed. I still want my money back.

 

I know that there are those who love this movie, and I say love what you love. But it’s bad.

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